Pridgeon Surname

197,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Pridgeon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Prujean,' valiant John, a corruption of a French name; compare Grosjean, Prettijohn, Littlejohn, Micklejohn, &c.

Philip Pridgeon, Lincolnshire, 1596: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Pridgeon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4831:244,40923,286
England3271:170,39215,676
South Africa1181:459,13338,484
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Panama41:978,06412,245
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2111:115,52311,173
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2331:215,53118,426

Pridgeon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Prujean,' valiant John, a corruption of a French name; compare Grosjean, Prettijohn, Littlejohn, Micklejohn, &c.

Philip Pridgeon, Lincolnshire, 1596: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French) for the French Preuxjean = Gallant John [v. under Prew and John]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Pridgeon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pridgeon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pridgeon is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pridgeon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pridgeon is the 197,862nd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,445,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Pridgeon are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,483 people, or 1 in 244,409. In The United States Pridgeon is mostly found in: Florida, where 21 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Pridgeon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pridgeon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pridgeon surname grew 636 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 155 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pridgeon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pridgeon last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

The amount Pridgeon earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.63% more than the national average, earning R 453,000 per year; in United States they earn 7.99% less than the national average, earning $39,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.18% less than the national average, earning $33,199 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prigeon9331/
Prisgeon881/
Pridgion881/
Pridyeon880/
Pridjeon880/
Predgeon880/
Priceon800/
Pridean800/
Prigeant753/
Pridjion750/
Pregean679/
Pridian674/
Prisyon673/
Preseon673/
Predjon672/
Predean671/
Predion671/
Pregeant63205/
Priscion6384/
Prescion6365/
Pridjian6317/
Predjean632/
Prégeant631/
Prejean534,449/
Predian5319/
Préjean537/
Prezian535/
Prizian531/
Presjean501/
Prediane501/
Precijan501/

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Pridgeon Reference & Research

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